Category: Updates
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Opponents of Central Hudson Takeover File Petitions for Rehearing, Rate Investigation, and Temporary Rates
On July 26, 2013 Citizens for Local Power, Assemblyman Kevin A. Cahill, and PULP filed petitions with the Public Service Commission for rehearing of the June 26, 2013 PSC Order […] -
Utility Law Project Asks Time Warner For Information Regarding Petition to Relax PSC Regulations on Snips and Allocation Priority of Part Payments
Time Warner Cable Information Services (“TSWCIS”) has petitioned the PSC for relaxation of regulations governing its telephone service provided to residential customers through its Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VOIP”) technology, […] -
Phone Deregulation Bill Slips Through Legislature, Awaits Action by Governor
The Supreme Court has observed that “requirements . . . that common carriers file their rates … and charge only the filed rate are the centerpiece of the … regulatory […] -
AG Moves to Stop VZ Substitution of Wireless VoiceLink for Landline Service in Catskills – AARP Files Comments – PSC Extends Public Comment Time
In an Emergency Petition filed with the PSC June 26, 2013, the Attorney General seeks to halt Verizon’s broader substitution of its wireless VoiceLink service for traditional copper landline phone […] -
Moreland Commission Recommends Stronger Utility Consumer Advocacy
The Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response, was created on November 13, 2012 by Executive Order No. 73. While its main focus was investigation of the Long Island […] -
NY PSC Ex Parte Communication Practices Faulted by Moreland Commission
In the recent Central Hudson merger and rate plan extension case, it may be that ex parte presentations played a role in the Commission’s unexpected overturning of the Recommended Decision of Administrative […] -
LIPA Agreement Announced
Legislative agreement has been announced regarding revision of the operating structure of the Long Island Power Authority ((LIPA). The announcement includes a chart comparing the existing and fully privatized scenarios […] -
Time Warner Asks PSC to Greenlight Prime Time Evening, Friday Afternoon and Saturday Phone Shutoffs for Collection Purposes, and to Relax Other Consumer Protections
Time Warner’s phone service subsidiary (Time Warner Cable Information Services (New York) LLC) filed a Petition on May 1, 2013 with the Public Service Commission, seeking “Waivers of Certain Commission […] -
Governor Names Audrey Zibelman as New PSC Commissioner and Chair
The composition and leadership of the New York Public Service Commission is in flux. In a swift move at the end of the legislative session Audrey Zibelman was nominated by […]